Clinical tips: incontinence
Pharmacists can have a strong role to play in helping patients manage this embarrassing condition, writes Jarrod McMaugh Urinary incontinence is a the term to describe the involuntary loss of …
Technology on the frontlines
Artificial intelligence (AI) and computer algorithms are being used to predict lifespan and detect malignant tumours Researchers at the University of Adelaide have recently used artificial intelligence to predict five-year …
13 Reasons Why
Here are 13 compelling reasons to care about the mental wellbeing of every patient that walks through your door Chances are you’ve heard of the controversial Netflix series 13 Reasons …
Taren Gill: the trendsetter
This is the first of a series in which AJP meets some Early Career Pharmacists Taren Gill was the first Early Career Pharmacist to be appointed as a PSA National …
Should cigarette sales go back to pharmacies?
A New Zealand study suggests that only tobacconists—and pharmacies—should sell cigarettes New University of Otago research has examined the views of smokefree experts throughout New Zealand, and suggested that restricting …
Meet Canberra’s singing pharmacists
Canberra’s singing pharmacists might be having a lot of fun, but their musical numbers have a serious side The Wanniassa Whitecoats have been wowing customers and Facebook followers with their …
‘I want to burn the pharmacy, I want to blow this up.’
A Melbourne pharmacist talks to AJP about the threats to burn down her pharmacy which ended in a siege The Pharmacy Como was set to close in half an hour. …
Waikiki named top Discount Drug Store
Waikiki Discount Drug Stores has been named DDS’ Pharmacy of the Year at the banner group’s conference in New Caledonia DDS announced its national store awards and national supplier partner awards …
Drug name change program continues
As many as 200 medicines have already, or will soon, have new names as the TGA pushes ahead with its policy of harmonising Australian drug names with their common international …
Budgetary blundering?
Questions over use of taxpayer funds to compensate pharmacy, as department admits script shortfall “a lot more” than $200 million budgeted for relief Australia Greens leader Senator Richard Di Natale …
Push vaccination and hygiene, not OTCs: expert
There’s “not a lot” of evidence for most cold remedies or a role for vitamins and supplements in fighting colds and flu, an expert says Professor Robert Booy, who is …
Pharmacy: health destination or shop
When is a pharmacy a retail shop? That’s the question that was posed in Busselton, Western Australia, when a development application for a medical centre was knocked back because it …